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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-30
PART OF TIE MACHINE.
G. A. X. Prostituted to Political Purposes.
Insult to the Nation.
Phlddslphid Record

Trouble is in store for the organization
known as the Grand Army OF the Republic
if it shall continue to develop features of
vulgar partisanship such as have recently
been manifested by its members here and
there. The body of men bearing the title
can not claim that exemption from public
criticism which would be accorded TO other
voluntary organizations of citizens. The
Grand Army, so called, has sought to
maintain relations with the politics Of
the country. 1t has tried to secure
for its members offices of profit and
power on the ground Of membership in its
ranks. 1t has arrogsted to itself posts of
honor on public ceremonial occasions, and
vauDted its loyalty and past services as
reasons why public Difference should be
paid to it. 1t has endeayored at various
times TO influence public opinion on politi-
cal questions by assuming To voice au-
thoritatively the sentiment of the
soldiers who fought through the
civil war, and when the war was
over stopped fighting. Repeatedly during
the incumbeney of the present Administra-
tion il has manifested spirit Of hostility
to the honored citizens who by the votes of
a majority of the people has been chosen
Chief Magistrate of the nation. Daring
the last year or two, indeed, it has usually
been difficult to distinguish difference
between the pronunciamentoS of numerous
Grand Army Posts and the partisan reso-
lutions of petty conventions of the party
which the people removed from power at
the last general election.
What does this mean? What is the
public TO conclude fIom the occurrences Of
such significant incidents as the Wheeling
episode, the st. Louis protest, and the
extravagant antics INDUCED in over the
proposition to return the rebel flags? Is
the Grand Army of the Republic q part
of the Republican political machine. If
that be its status the fact should be
made known. The argument that politics
has nothing to do with the work OF this
organization has been too sternly negatived
by recent events to be worth presenting
[Continned on Third Page.
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THERE is one thing apparent to every
body. Ii the REGISTER had not hung out
it's banner there would have been no break
in the e. \ X. march and no bitterness. -
Then who is responsible for it?--Beiidire
Independent.
The editor Of the little LtdepeadeHi has
at last found the key to the whole Tuys-
tery. And yet, on this line of argument
why not hold tie ALMIGmTY responsible
because be provided fair weather: Il it
had rainpd there wnuld have been no pa
Tade and 10 bitterness. Or how would it
do to blame the American people for the
affair because they respect their Chief
Magistrate? 1t they did not respect him
they would not care whether the G.. A. K.
marched under his banner or not, and
there would have been no bitterness.
Generally our little friend in Bellaire lets
politics alone, and has the good taste
to clip good portion OF the
editorial he uses from the columns
of the REGISTER. We would advise
him to practice up little in writing edi-
torial if he intends t. take up the cause OF
the G.. A. K
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Irish Polio. Force Increased.

LONDON, August 29.--In the House Of
Commons this evening, on motion 10
grant 762, ,354 pounds for the purpose Of
completing the crenit for the Irish police
service, Mr.. Dillon protested against the
constant increase Of the expenses OF tho
police service In Ireland. Although
the population had decreased 200,.
600 since 1880, the cost Of
the police service had increased over 200,-
OO0 pounds This waste OF the public
money was not due 10 crime A mon-
strous and corrupt police force was kept up
to eyade the provisions Of the mutiny 30
by msintaing larger military force than
was sanctioned by parliament The law
was enforced and renk were not collected,
aud the only effect Of employing the police
was to create widespread jisaffection sod
TO exnspcrate the people. Mr.. BAlfour;
Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that b
wonId not deny that the cost Of the police
force Of Ireland was largely 10 exces a
that Of England. lie asserted that the 30
sponsibility for this state Of afain rested
on those who were doing their bsst 70
foment the discontention Of ireland. Mr..
Sexton said the Irish was the only country
In the world where, with . steadily de-.
creasing population, there existed stssd-
lily increasing police force 70 ovenws ths
people. -
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ROTTEN ROAD.
Alleged Ties SO Rotten They Won't Hold
the Spikes.

Alleged Ties SO Rotten They Won't Hold
the Spikes.
CHICAGO, August ga Springfield,
ILL.,, special says: The Railroad and Ware
house Commissioner has received letter
from Frank NJ. johnson and W. S. Jack
son, Of Streator, who were on the passen-
ger train going south on the Streator
branch of the Wabash railroad which was
wrecked between Cornell and Manville Sta
ton, on the 9th inst, turning q car with
twenty passengers on its side. They say
the cause was said to be broken rail, but
an examination showed the ties were too
rotten to hold the spikes. They sent o
piece of rail about twenty inches long by
express as sample of the rails in use be-
tween Streator and Fairburg. It's face is
worn down smooth or broken completely
off, leaving only the narrow part which
supports the top Of the rail for the train to
run on. In conclusion the letter says the
road is no longer fit to be used for rail-
road. The commissioner will look into
the merits Of the complaint ut an early
day.
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POMEROY'S BLAZE.
Factory and school Building Destroyed by
Eire-A Pleasant Social Event.
Specie! TtIegrdEa 20 The ReqiSLsT


Eire-A Pleasant Social Event.
Specie! TJIegraH 20 The Register.
MASON CITY, w. Va, August 2G.-At
2 p. M. to-day our citizens were startled
by the alarm of fire. A few minutes re-
vealcd the presence of the aames to be in
our neighboring town of Pomeroy, origin
ating in the carriage factory of NJ. Baet-
ner. That building was soon mass of
ruins, and from it the flames spread 10 the
warerOOm and thence to the residence of
the proprietor In the meantime the fire
company arrived, but their engine could
not he gotten in order and soon the large
residence of Mrs. Samuel Church was in
flames. Despite every effort the fire from
here spread to the cupalo of the Central
school building, one of the hest school
buildings in Southern Ohio II contained
twelve rooms and was erected in 1886 at
cost of forty thousand dollars. At p.
H. the engine from Middleport arrived and
soon the flames were under control The
entire loss is nearly fifty thousand dollars,
the insurance aggregating about seven
thousand dollars.
The social event of the season is the en-
tertainment at the residence of j. NJ.
Rhodes, Esq, given this evening by Miss
Hattie Creel, Of Parkersburg, who has
been engaged in teaching vocal aud in
strumental music in the Pomeroy Bend
during the past year. The company is
composed OF the elite of Hartford Valley
City and Mason. The Clifton string band
is present furnishing the choicest musical
collection. The thanks Of all are due to
Miss Cr,el, who is ably seconded by the
Misses Rhodes for the pleasures Of the
evening
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MARTINS FERRY.

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CHILD MURDERED
BY Its Own Parents-Inhuman Treatment
of Cripple.

BY It's Own Parents-Inhuman Treatment
of Cripple.
CHIcA9o, August 3O.-A Times special
fom Monrosyille, Ind, says: The child
so brutally abused by its stepfather, John
Waterside, at Smiley, near here, died yes
terday from the effects of the cruel treat
ment it had received and for which he il
in Jail, and his wife will be as soon as the
officers can find her. The pair took de-
light in manning the child until finally
the surgeons had to amputate one arm
and limb weeks after it should have had
medical aid, which was furnished by
order Of a township trustee, who discov-
cred by accident the cruel treatment of
the child. For two weeks after the oper-
alton was performed, on August 16, the
mother would tie the little cripple to q
bedstead and leave it there for hours with
out nursing, although the child was
with hunger. The remains of
the little one will be buried by the town
ship trustees, and unless Waterside has a
speedy trial there is danger Of lynching.
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Stanford on Top.

SAN FRANcIsGN, August 29.-In the
application Of the Pacific Railroad Commits
sion to compel Senator Stanford and other
officerr of the Pacific Railroad TO answer
certain questions in regard TO expenditure
of funds for the purpose of influencing leg
islation, Justice Field, of the U. s. Supreme
Court, delivered to-day the opinion of the q.
s. Conrt, to the effect that the act of
Congress in creating the Commission i'm
properly invites the cooperation of the
courts in an inquiry that is not judicial.
The opinion is backed by decisions and
opinions upon the limitations OF Congres-
sional authority.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-30

PLAINFIELD, y. j., has had jolly set
of volunteer fremen. They liked fun.
Whenever they turned out to q fire the
citizens stood by in awe and afterwards
set 'em up" to the laddies in royal style.
This got To be the acknowledged custom
and after every tirc the boys" looked for
their banquet as horse does for his oats.
Their taste naturally got cultivated up TO
that sort of thing and they suffered POr-
pOrtionately with the dearth OF fires. So,
finally, recognizing their acknowledged
rights, and when fires would not happen
of themselves, these brave Salamanders set
fire to some building, whoOped out their
machine, rushed 10 the rescue, and after
putting out the fire and gallantly rescu-
ing any stray helpless maidens that hap
pened to he about, enjoyed the spread"
set before them by the admiring pOpulace.
So numerous did fires become that rewards
were offered by the City Council for the
apprehension ot the incendiaries. The
consequence was that seven members of
the Plainfeld Volunteer Fire Department
are lodged in the Plaiufcld Jail and the
flow of free beer for the firemen is likely
to receive a sudden and lasting check.
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Parnellltes Question Ealfour.

LONDON, August 29.-In the House of
Commons this evening Mr.. Dillon asked
on what principle the two resident magis
trates to try Mr.. VIM. O'Brien would be
selected by the Government, and when
their names would be announced Col.
King. Iarman, Under Secretary for Ire
land, said the case would be tried by
magistrates in the usual way and
in conformity with the Crimes act, but
that it was not customary TO announce the
names of the magistrates in such cases.
Mr.. Healy asked whether the statement
made by Sir Henry Holland in reference to
Sir John Macdonald extended to the report
that the Imperial troops in Canada would
be concentrated at Winnipeg. Sir Henry
replied that he had the authority of Mr..
Stanhope, Secretary of State for War; that
that was also a pure fabrication.
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Mrs. Harper Faithful.

CINCINNATI, August GA local paper
this morning contained what puported to
be telephone conversation between E. L.
Harper, late of the Fidelity National
Bank, and his wife, in which she stated
that she would never visit him again as her
eyes had been opened to his unfaithfulness.
Seeing this Harper has written card de-
nouncing the article as base lie, and says
that his wife and babe had been in Dayton
living with the jailor's family since Au-
gust 1st. He adds. Mrs. Harper has
every confidence in every particular, un-
less it be called q crime for me to have
ruined myself in trying to prevent other
people from breaking the bank" "
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Evidences of Crookedness.

CHICAGO, August GA Ners special
from indianapolis says: The latest dis
covery of crookedness in the management
of State affairs is voucher found on file
in the State Auditors Office showing that
in last May the trustees of the Insane Hos
pital paid 81 II gallon for 272 gallons of
strawberries, when the market price was
only 81 cents. A Democratic farmer was
given the contract. Numerous charges of
corruption in the hospital contract system
have been made against the trustees by the
State Civil Service Association.
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cubsn pisturbanees Not serious.

NEW YORK, August 29S-Cubans in this
city do not think that there is in any sense
an important uprising in Havana. The
populace are aware that acting Governor
General Marin is determined 10 deal with
the corrupt employees of the custom house
after the most summary fashion and the
chief dissatisfaction exists among those
persons and such merchants as have profit
ed by the illicit importation of goods. The
volunteer soldiery of Cuba is almost ex-
clusively composed Of native Spaniards,
who are in perfect harmony with the poll
cy Of the government.
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A PERSONAL MATTER.

In Yesterdays issue of the htelIigeResr 1
find the following clippings:
Froa, ne B,ilgirs T1buRe
The old rebel spirit will crop ont
On all occasions when such bitter
Southern fire-eaters - Windy Wilson and
J.R TAney are allowed to come to the
front. They made all the hard feeling or
tronbls disclosed at the great reunion.
From he SteubsRrRis HsrGid
Most of the veterans obeying the i'm
mise of the moment did the latter,
walked around the bannerl and, IN
IN pursuance of the programme of the
Wheeling REGISTER, whose editor IL was
found necessary to impriSOn for disloyalty
during the war, comes out in q flaming
editorial denOuncing the soldiers of the
Union As guilty Of TREASON, and demands
the disbandment of the G. A. K.
l believe there are very few citizens OF
Wheeling but know that the present man
aver of the REGISTER enlisted at the begin
ming of the war in the service of the United
States; that he remained there until after
its close; that be did all in his power to
help preserve and restore the Union. But
that he did it with all the enthusiasm and
earnestneSs which characterized the thou
sands of young men who attained their
majority in that memorable year and en-
listed for the war, all may not know, yet
it is nevertheless true. l have no doubt
there are a number of people who know
that | WAS 50 engaged, and yet prefer to
give publicity to lying quotations like the
above, in hopes OF bOlsteriug one Of the
most unpatriOtic, malignant and con-
temptible insults to the Chief Magistrate
of the whole people that was ever perPe-
trated
For those who do not know the facts |
have written the above statement.
JAS. B. TASEY.
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Idahn Afrer Sfatehnnd-

SHosHONE, IDAHO, August 29.-U. S.
Senator Hearst, Gov. Stevenson, and Del
egate Dubois, recently held a conference
here regarding the proposed enlargement
of the boundaries of Idaho, with reference
to Statehood, which Idaho expects soon to
demand with other territories. Senator
Stewards scheme to annex Nevada to
Idaho has entirely collapsed. At the con-
ference it was suggested that the Idaho
line be extended northward and through
Montana, so as to take in the counties of
Bsaverhead and MisSoula.
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A POWERFUL CANDIDATE
HEAVY Gold Shipments.

NEW YORK, August 29.-The Post pub
fishes the following: 1T is now known
that about s., 500, 900 of gold was shipped
from New York to San Francisco, and that
but for this exceptional movement the
surplus reserve of the banks would have
shown an increase Of over 81. .OOO, 900. The
amount Of gold gone to California is more
than Offset by the arrival Of 81, 2i9, 1si on
the Umbria and La Gascogne this morn
ing, thus making the total imports since
July %, s., 232, ,079.
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Let the Cleveland journals tell the cOun-
try how it happens that the portrait of =
President transforms \ column of Union
veterans into men bent only upon avoid
ing the banner which bears it, or upon
tearing il down? -CmciRHdh Commercial
Gazette.
1t doesn't The Union veterans, the
true veterans, marched under the banner
and saluted it. Our Ied-hot, bloody
shirt contemporary must recollect that
there are many men in the G. A. r. who,
although they wore the blue, never faced
the enemy, and thousands more who were
in the army bat for the space OF three
months These-it is unjust to the genu-
iue article to call them veterans-refused to
march under the Presidential banner.
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Leap from 1000 Feet. 4

ROcKAwAY BEACH, N. Y, August %.
Thomas 8. Baldwin, the San Francisco
aernaut, repeated his feat Of jumping from
o balloon here this afternoon. Tbs gas
condensed rapidly and il became neces-
sary 10 cut away the car and
throw away the life preseryer in
order TO make the balloon ascend
When 1000 feet high Baldwin made the
leap. His parachute remained closed for
the first 300 feet aud he descended at o
fearful rate Of speed. Then the parachute
opened and he sailed down easily, dropping
into the ocean, from which he was picked
up unhurt.
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Mexico shaken Up.

CITY OF MEXICO, August ga brisk
earthquake shock was experienced here
about seven O'Clock this morning. agitating
houses and making the people dizzy. The
shock was not severe and was most felt In
the outlying portions Of the city. Thomas
B. Connery, Secretary Of the United States
Legation, noted the shock at about 6:45
o'clock, and about the same time it was
felt sharply at Castle Chapultepec, where
President Diaz and his family are residing
The weather is warm and the atmosphere
humid.
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Tbe Eviction. 10 Resiu,

DUBLIN, August GA largo force Of
cavalry and infantry aud police have LEFT
Limerick for the O'Grady estates, whore
they will he encamped while evictions ars
being made. Captain Plunkett urged Mr..
O'Gndy to settle with the tenants
on his Herbertstown estates, but without
success, and the evictions will commence
tomorrow. One hundred soldicrs and
three hundred policemen are encamped on
the estates In readiness to protect the bailtfs
in their work Of evicting the tenants. The
houses Of the latter are strongly barricedad.
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A Wonderful Experience.

LONDON, August 29.-The 7s~es be-
begun the publication Of . seris Of articles
describing the visit Of its corrsspoodsnt 70
America. In an editorial the statensnt =
made that such an experience = thst of
the writer Is the most wonderful thst can
happen to man. A full account will b
given Of that prodigy Of cities, New York.
The great cities westward will thsa b
described.
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Strike Soon to BE On.

PrTsBURG, Pa, August %. No meet
ing has yet been arranged between the
wage committees of the window glass
manufacturers and the workmen. The
manufacturers are making no preparation
to resume on Thursday. One Of them re-
marked this afternoon that they did not
propose to pay the advance, and that a
strike Of their employees was practically
inangurated
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4 BIG BLAZE.
Buildings of the Anchor Manufacturing
Company Burned.

Buildings of the Anchor Manufacturing
Company Burned.
DETROIT, August 29.-Early this morn
ing, at Debay, eight miles west of here,
fire broke out in the dry kiln of the An
chor Manufacturing Company. The alarm
was given as the men were about to begin
work, and the fire eXtinguisher was
brought into use. The bindings were
filled with shavings and other inflammable
material used in barrel making, and the
flames spread rapidly. An extra engine
was sent from here, but nearly all the
buildings are on fire and it is probably too
late to save anything The loss will be
from $3.50, 900 TO $500, 900. The business
of the Anchor Manufacturing Company is
the making of one-stave barrels and kin
dred cooperage and heading supplies, and
employs about 400 hands.
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P.ruc,,,,e. Comisr to America.

DUBLIN, August 29.-The R~man's
Journal states that Mr.. Arthur O'Connor,
member Of Parliament for Donegal, and
Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde,
member Of Parliament tor Dublin county,
will visit the United States In September
and address monster meetings 10 be con.
vened by the Irish National League of
America. Sir Henry Esmonde h great.
grandson Of Henry Grattan, the famous
Irish patriot.
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DEADLY DUALlN.
A Terrific Explosion Causes tho Death OF
Six Miners Yesterday.

Six Miners Yesterday.
SHENANDOAH, PA, August 29.-Robert
Martin was killed, Geo. lawson fatally,
and four other miners badly injured by an
explosion of dualin IN Aldraper colliery,
Gilberton, this morning. At the bot.
tom Of the slope is miners supply house,
which the men were receiving dualin.
Martin was handling stick wheu spark
from his lamp fell on the primed
end aud exploded it, blowing Martin
into an unrecognizable mass Of flesh, which
had to be shovcled into box for transfer
to his late home. George Lawson had one
leg and an arm blown oil and was other
wise injured so that death is only ques-
ton OF few hours. Strangely enough In
the bot of his uninjured leg was stick OF
dualin that was not exploded. The in
juries of the Others are not serious. The
accident is one Of the strangest ever known
here
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Admitted To Baii.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, August 29.-Judge
Reeves, Of thiscity, this afternoon admitted
to bail in the sum Of $1,000 Timothy
Coughliu, the section foreman Of the Toledo,
Peoria & Western, who was held respond
bIe for the smash up at Chatsworth by
which nearly 100 lives were lost.
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Death of Mrs. Harvey.
Special Tslegram 10 the Register.

oPeeIH LestyIuIH 20 I1e IsI9so1eI.
WILSON, W. VA, August 29.-A tele-
gram received here to-day from Phillip an
nouneed the death of Mrs. DR.. Harvey, the
daughter OF Colonel A. W. Weodford, one
of our most noted citizens Her remains
viii be entered at Mac Pelah Cemetery, this
city tomorrow afternoon.
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Our Own Navy.

NEW BEDFoRD, MASS, August %
The North Atlantic squadron from Bar
Harbor left Buzzard's Bay this morning.
A dispatch announcing their arrival at
Newport was erroneous, only the United
States steamer Dolphin arrived there last
night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-30

The Independent Republican and Demo
cratic press opinions on the G. A. K. dis
grace OF last Friday have begun to come in
by the bushel, and the REGISTER presents
its readers this morning with an absorb
ingly interesting array of several columns
in length selected from the representative
Journals of the country.